Leonard Smith a member of College Football Hall of Fame Class of 2014

IRVING, Texas — Leonard Smith, a two-time first team All-Southland Conference defensive back, 1982 first team Associated Press
All-American, nine-year NFL veteran — including a 1986 NFL All-Pro selection — and the highest NFL Draft selection in school
and conference history (17th overall pick, 1st round in 1983), has been announced as a member of the College Football Hall
of Fame Class of 2014, released by the National Football Foundation & College Hall of Fame on Thursday.

Smith joins 13 other First Team
All-America players and two legendary coaches. The inductees were
selected from the national
ballot of 75 All-America players and six elite coaches from the
Football Bowl Subdivision and the 87 players and 26 coaches
from the divisional ranks.

A native of New Orleans, Smith played
for the Cowboys from 1980-82 and earned first team all-conference honors
in 1981 and
1982. In 1982, he was named the Southland and Louisiana Defensive
Player of the Year as well as picking up first team Associated
Press All-America honors.

He remains the school and conference record holder with 17 career blocked kicks (punts, FGs, PATs).

Smith was drafted in the first round as
the 17th pick in the 1983 NFL Draft by the then-St. Louis Cardinals and
would earn
All-Pro recognition in 1986. His draft selection continues to
rank as the highest pick in Southland Conference history and
only matched by John Stephens of Northwestern State in the 1988
draft.

In 1988, Smith signed on with the Buffalo Bills where he helped lead the team to four straight AFC East Division titles (1988,
89, 90, 91), two AFC championships (1990, 1991), and played in two Super Bowls (XXV and XXVI).